Gas Factory Attack

A French prosecutor confirmed today that the man who beheaded his boss and tried to blow up a gas factory in Lyon had a "terrorist motive" and links to the Islamic State group in Syria.

The suspected Islamist who attempted to blow up a French chemical plant on Friday has admitted killing his manager beforehand, a source close to the investigation said on Sunday, as police linked the suspect to a militant now in Syria.

The gruesome 'selfie' taken by the man suspected of beheading his boss during an attack on a gas factory in France was sent to Syria, sources close to the investigation said today.

The man suspected of decapitating his boss in an attack on a gas factory in France has confessed to the grisly crime, sources close to the investigation said Sunday.

The man suspected of decapitating his boss and pinning his head to the gates of a gas factory in France sent a "selfie" with the severed head, a source close to the investigation said Saturday.

Yassin Salhi was a quiet man with a job, a family and no criminal record before he allegedly launched a grisly assault at an industrial gas factory in France and pinned his boss's severed head to the fence on Friday.

A man pulled a gun hidden in a beach umbrella and opened fire at a packed Tunisian holiday resort today, massacring 37 people in the country's worst attack in recent history.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon strongly condemned the 'appalling' attacks today in France, Kuwait and Tunisia and said those responsible should face justice.

French President Francois Hollande announced he was raising the security level to "attack" - the highest possible - in the region in which a gas factory was assaulted earlier today.

The wife of a man suspected of carrying out an attack on a gas factory in France, during which a decapitated head was put on display, has been taken into police custody, a legal source said.

A decapitated body daubed with Arabic writing was found at a US gas company in southeast France today after an assailant rammed a car into the premises, triggering an explosion, in a suspected Islamist militant attack.

US President Barack Obama has been briefed on the attack at a US gas company in France, a senior administration official said today, providing no further details.

A decapitated head covered in Arabic writing was found at a US gas company in southeast France on Friday, police sources and French media said, after two assailants rammed a car into the premises, Reuters reported.

Bangladeshi police fired tear gas and rubber bullets on Friday as protestors attacked factories and smashed vehicles during a mass rally by garment workers over the deaths of nearly 300 colleagues.

A French prosecutor confirmed today that the man who beheaded his boss and tried to blow up a gas factory in Lyon had a "terrorist motive" and links to the Islamic State group in Syria.

The suspected Islamist who attempted to blow up a French chemical plant on Friday has admitted killing his manager beforehand, a source close to the investigation said on Sunday, as police linked the suspect to a militant now in Syria.

The gruesome 'selfie' taken by the man suspected of beheading his boss during an attack on a gas factory in France was sent to Syria, sources close to the investigation said today.

The man suspected of decapitating his boss in an attack on a gas factory in France has confessed to the grisly crime, sources close to the investigation said Sunday.

The man suspected of decapitating his boss and pinning his head to the gates of a gas factory in France sent a "selfie" with the severed head, a source close to the investigation said Saturday.

Yassin Salhi was a quiet man with a job, a family and no criminal record before he allegedly launched a grisly assault at an industrial gas factory in France and pinned his boss's severed head to the fence on Friday.

A man pulled a gun hidden in a beach umbrella and opened fire at a packed Tunisian holiday resort today, massacring 37 people in the country's worst attack in recent history.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon strongly condemned the 'appalling' attacks today in France, Kuwait and Tunisia and said those responsible should face justice.

French President Francois Hollande announced he was raising the security level to "attack" - the highest possible - in the region in which a gas factory was assaulted earlier today.

The wife of a man suspected of carrying out an attack on a gas factory in France, during which a decapitated head was put on display, has been taken into police custody, a legal source said.

A decapitated body daubed with Arabic writing was found at a US gas company in southeast France today after an assailant rammed a car into the premises, triggering an explosion, in a suspected Islamist militant attack.

US President Barack Obama has been briefed on the attack at a US gas company in France, a senior administration official said today, providing no further details.

A decapitated head covered in Arabic writing was found at a US gas company in southeast France on Friday, police sources and French media said, after two assailants rammed a car into the premises, Reuters reported.

Bangladeshi police fired tear gas and rubber bullets on Friday as protestors attacked factories and smashed vehicles during a mass rally by garment workers over the deaths of nearly 300 colleagues.